Modern Classrooms Project Podcast

Episode 76: Teacher Spotlight - Elementary Math, with Andrea Mahr and Beth Benavides

February 13th, 2022  |  33 mins 19 secs

spotlight

Toni Rose is joined by Andrea Mahr and Beth Benavides to talk about how and why they implement MCP in their elementary math classes, as well as some other tips and ideas for elementary educators in general.

Episode 75: Tools for Self Pacing

February 6th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins

feature episode

This week, Zach is joined by Emily Johb, Dave Read, and Karla McEachern to talk about a wide variety of tools they use to facilitate self-pacing in their Modern Classrooms.

Episode 74: Feedback and Q&A - January 2022

January 30th, 2022  |  37 mins 36 secs

q&a/feedback

Zach is joined by a surprise guest to tackle listener feedback and answer your questions in this season's first Q&A/Feedback episode.

Episode 73: Self Pacing in Elementary Classrooms

January 23rd, 2022  |  47 mins 40 secs

feature

Toni Rose is joined by MCP Mentors Calla Miller and Sarah Krasowski to talk about how they implement and manage self-pacing in their Elementary (1st and 5th grade) classrooms.

Episode 72: Teacher Spotlight - CTE, with Evin Jarrett

January 16th, 2022  |  28 mins 55 secs

spotlight

Toni Rose is joined by Evin Jarrett, a Middle School CTE teacher, to chat about how he integrates MCP into his classes, both in person and virtually.

Episode 71: What Is Self Pacing?

January 9th, 2022  |  45 mins 2 secs

feature

Toni Rose is joined by Meg McGregor, Director of Virtual Mentorship at MCP, to kick off our first podcast season on Self-Pacing by establishing what we mean when we talk about self pacing and navigating some particular challenges and best practices.

Episode 70: What to Expect in 2022

January 2nd, 2022  |  27 mins 6 secs

This week, Toni Rose shares some updates on what's coming in 2022; she's also joined by Allison Vanterpool to talk about MCP Scholarship opportunities, and then she and Zach provide some updates on the podcast itself.

Episode 69: Being a Teacher in these Moments

December 26th, 2021  |  45 mins 43 secs

This week, Toni Rose is joined by Eric Gustafsson, a high school social studies teacher in Sweden and a mentee currently enrolled in the Virtual Mentorship Program, who shares his perspective on implementing the model.

Episode 68: Admin Feature - Mohsina Patel

December 19th, 2021  |  46 mins 8 secs

admin feature

Toni Rose is joined by Mohsina Patel, a school leader in Zambia, to talk about the benefits she's seen from the MCP model for students and how she's supported her teaching staff to develop and grow their implementation of the model as well.

Episode 67: Ignite! Online Academy

December 12th, 2021  |  1 hr 14 mins

Toni Rose is joined by the 8th grade team at Durham Public Schools' Ignite! Online Academy to talk about using the MCP model to deliver high-quality instruction entirely online.

Episode 66: Partnership Feature - Lynn Public Schools

December 5th, 2021  |  48 mins 1 sec

partnership feature

Toni Rose is joined by Michael Molnar, of Lynn Public Schools, to talk about how the district's partnership with MCP came to be, how it's implemented, and what may be to come.

Episode 65: Teacher Leadership Opportunities

November 28th, 2021  |  45 mins 42 secs

Kareem joins Toni Rose to talk about teacher leadership opportunities for Modern Classrooms implementors.

Episode 64: Health and P.E.

November 21st, 2021  |  44 mins 12 secs

Zach is joined by Janelle Meisenheimer and Sarah Gershon to talk about the unique considerations of implementing the MCP model in Health and P.E. classes.

Episode 63: Special Education in a Modern Classroom

November 14th, 2021  |  46 mins 35 secs

Toni Rose is joined by special education teachers Khadejah Scott and Noah Beigalmacher to discuss how the model facilitates many common accomodations while providing other built-in supports for students with IEP's and 504's.

Episode 62: MCP in Performing Arts Classes

November 7th, 2021  |  59 mins 55 secs

Zach is joined by a panel of performing arts teachers - Karis Sloss, Katherine Lewiston, and Sam Boerboom - to talk about their unique and diverse approaches to implementing the MCP model in their dance, drama, and band classes.

Episode 61: Backwards Planning in a Modern Classroom

October 31st, 2021  |  43 mins 11 secs

This week, Toni Rose is joined by Lindsay Armbruster to talk about planning units with the end in mind, beginning with standards and learning targets, and working down to mastery checks and activities before planning lessons and videos, as well as managing student (and teacher) pacing and workload via the planning process.